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i dont understand the concept for trading revis for a first round pick

we will never get lucky enough to turn that pick into another revis

the concept has multiple layers to it, one of which is the idea that if you don't trade him and you can't resign him due to cap constraints, then you get what you can for him vs. losing him to FA and getting only a 3rd round compensatory pick in return.

i'm not necessarily supporting that idea... just explaining the multiple dimensions to trading revis

Just out of curiosity. Do teams prefer to hit a homerun in the draft, where they will have to eventually pay their player? Or do they prefer to get a double and have a serviceable player, like Bryan Thomas, and retain his services, without ever breaking the bank, for his entire career?

I honestly don't know now. If teams develop their first rounders into superstars and in turn let them go via free agency or trade, what good could come from that? Or they keep them and pay them ridiculous amounts of money only to put them in "cap hell". I just don't get what good can from drafting a stud. Unless of course it is a stud QB.

Just out of curiosity. Do teams prefer to hit a homerun in the draft, where they will have to eventually pay their player? Or do they prefer to get a double and have a serviceable player, like Bryan Thomas, and retain his services, without ever breaking the bank, for his entire career?

I honestly don't know now. If teams develop their first rounders into superstars and in turn let them go via free agency or trade, what good could come from that? Or they keep them and pay them ridiculous amounts of money only to put them in "cap hell". I just don't get what good can from drafting a stud. Unless of course it is a stud QB.

It's a reasonable question. Guys like Revis can break the cap especially when it's now not adjusting to the price of inflation - it's freezing yet player value keeps going up. The problem is that Tanny kept going after players for Rex without looking towards the looming Revis payday. Couple that with contracts that were expiring before Revis' - Mangold, Harris, Cromartie, Holmes, and Sanchez.

Just out of curiosity. Do teams prefer to hit a homerun in the draft, where they will have to eventually pay their player? Or do they prefer to get a double and have a serviceable player, like Bryan Thomas, and retain his services, without ever breaking the bank, for his entire career?

I honestly don't know now. If teams develop their first rounders into superstars and in turn let them go via free agency or trade, what good could come from that? Or they keep them and pay them ridiculous amounts of money only to put them in "cap hell". I just don't get what good can from drafting a stud. Unless of course it is a stud QB.